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BENNO VOM EIGEN, OF NEIVARK, NEIV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO FREDERICK KAMPFE,RICHARD KAMPFE, AND OTTO KAMPFE, ALI. OF BROOKLYN.

NEV YORK.

SAFETY-RAZOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part f Letters Patent No. 424,601, dated April 1,1890.

Application filed March l, 1889. Serial No. 301,649. (Model.)

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that l, BENNO von EIGEN, of Newark, in the county of EssexandState of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Safety- Razors, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of razors knownassafety-razors,7 in which the bladeis supported on a suitable ro frameand provided in front of its cuttingedge with a guard device, by whichthe cutting of the skin While shaving is prevented, and the inventionconsists of a safety-razor the blade of which is supported on a frame bybent side lugs and by a locking-lever at the rear part of the blade,which lockinglever is retained on the frame by a suitable catch device.

The invention consists, secondly, of the 2o novel construction of theblade-supporting frame and the thumb and finger rests of the same, aswill be fully described hereinafter, and finally pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l 2 5 represents a front elevationof my improved safety-razor. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section ofthe same on line o; oc, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation; Fig. 4, atop view of the same with the blade removed. for showing the 3osupportingframe, the guard, and the lockinglever of the blade; and Fig.5 is a top view of the blank from which the supporti n g-fra me of theblade is made, drawn on a smaller scale.

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Referring to the drawings, A represents the frame of my improvedsafety-razor, which frame is made of the sheet-metal blank shown 4o inFig. 5 and bent into proper shape by passing it through a series ofdies, so as to form inclined side bars c. c. for the blade B, and aninturned curved and corrugated front guard l), on which rests thecutting-edge of the blade B, as shown in Fig. 2. The inclined side barsa are provided with upwardly and inwardly bent lugs 0.', which serve toretain the blade B, said inclined bars being connected with the body ofthe fra-me by stays 0.2 at the 5o front end and curved shorter stays 0,3at the rear end, as shown clearly in Figs. 2, 4, and 5.

The curved front part of the frame A below the corrugated guard b isprovided with inclined slotted openings d, which serve to take up thelather, so as to resupply the same from time to time after one or morestrokes of the blade, which is accomplished by passing the slottedcurved part of the frame over the skin. This saves considerable time inapplying lather by the brush and greatly enhances the convenience andease of the safety-razor when in use.

The blade B is retained in position on the inclined side bars a a andlugs o. by means of a locking-lever O, which is pivoted at one end toone side of the frame A and provided at the middle partwith a bent-uplug e, that bears on the rear part of the blade B. The opposite end ofthe lever O is provided with a handle e and with a catch or teatf, thatengages the depression f of the frame, so as to retain the lever inlocked position when the teat f enters the depression f of the frame A,as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4. The lever C can be readily releasedfrom the frame, so as to remove the blade for cleaning and honing or forreplacing it by another blade.

The supporting-frame A is provided at its under side with a concavethumb-rest D, which is soldered to the under side of the frame A atright angles thereto, as shown in Figs. l and 2, and with abackwardly-curved concave lin ge1'1estE,wliich is preferably madeintegral with the frame A., and which serves, in connection with thethumb-rest D, to conveniently hold. the safely-razor while shaving. Thisarrangement of thumb and finger rests dispenses with the detachablehandles heretofore in use in safety-razors and permits the direct use ofthe razor without the screwing in of the handle.

My improved safety1azor is used like the razors of the same classheretofore in use, but has the advantage of a very simple and convenientconstruction and facility in handling the same, as shaving in upward ordownward direction may be readily accomplished by changing the positionof the thumb and fingers, respectively, from the handles D and E to thehandles E and D.

The razor can be furnished at comparatively small expense, as thesupporting-frame is stamped and bent up of one piece and the whole razorcomposed of only four piecesnamely, the supporting-frame with the tingerrest, the blade, the locking-lever, and the thumb-rest. y i

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patenti l. In a safetyrazor, the combination, with ablade-supporting frame having inclined side bars and upwardly andinwardlyv bent lugs, of a blade resting on said side bars, and aretaining-lever pivoted to the rear end of the frame and provided withan upwardlybent lug at the middle part and a locking deviceat the outerend, substantially as set forth.

2. In a safetyrazor, a blade-supporting frame provided at its under sidewith a concave thumb-rest and with a curved backsaid thumb-rest, saidthumb-rest and inger- Y substantially as set forth.

bars being supported by stays bent up fromthe body of the razor, theside bars, stays, and lugs being made integral with the frame,

4. In a safety-razor, a blade-supporting frame provided with a curvedand slotted front part, abackwardly-bent and corrugated front guard,inclined side bars, and a curved backwardly-extending finger-rest2 allmade integral with the frame, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention Ihave signedY myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BENNO VOM EIGEN.

Witnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, CARL KARP.

